[Mr. K]

Why is everyone coming down on Lott for supporting thurmond... why isn't THURMOND HIMSELF being raked over the coals...???

[xlib]

why isn't THURMOND HIMSELF being raked over the coals...???

1. Because he's retiring.

2. Because he didn't make the idiotic statement, and, most important,

3. BECAUSE HE'S NOT THE MAJORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE!

[EternalVigilance]

Why is everyone coming down on Lott for supporting thurmond... why isn't THURMOND HIMSELF being raked over the coals...???

No need to come down on Lott...watching this whole thing is like being a bystander at a trainwreck.

Thurmond was a canny old man who scared the bejeebers out of the liberals. That's the problem, they aren't in the least afraid of Trent...(I mean really, how can you be scared of somebody named 'Trent'? Just kidding about the last part...kinda... ;-)

[cake_crumb]

"why isn't THURMOND HIMSELF being raked over the coals...???"

Because they're after the president...already demanding that President Bush come out with a statement as to why it "took him so long" to respond to Lott's comments at Thurmond's party.

[Dan Day]

Why is everyone coming down on Lott for supporting thurmond... why isn't THURMOND HIMSELF being raked over the coals...???

You're missing the point. Thurmond has long ago repudiated the segregationist Thurmond of 1948. Lott, on the other hand, recently expressed fawning nostalgia for the segregationist Thurmond of 1948.

Lott's a blithering idiot, at *best*.